Here are some better multi-angle images of the new Star Wars Black Series 6". The more I see, the more I drool. My only quibble so far is Darth Maul's head. It doesn't seem to fit onto his body correctly. I am hoping it is an issue with the prototype and will be corrected in the run. (It looks like he has two heads, one permanently attached to his removable cloak.)

One of the Black Series 6" Mauls also has wonky eyes that are a little too big and cartoony for my tastes, but we have to remember that a lot of the product we're seeing today has been hand painted as a first generation display copy, not the final production model that will hang on a peg near you.

This is very evident on the new $5.99 Saga Legends Clone Troopers, which have obvious hand-applied blue and orange striping that looks nothing like the paint we normally see on Clone Troopers in stores. The Anakin Skywalker in that new line also has an iffy skin tone and reddish hair, which is wrong no matter how you slice it.

It really doesn't look like there is going to be an action figure line for "Star Trek: Into Darkness". I saw nothing from the Hasbro presentation report to indicate that there will be. Of course this could change at any time. It's just disappointing. I thought for sure we would get a 3.75 line.

It really doesn't look like there is going to be an action figure line for "Star Trek: Into Darkness". I saw nothing from the Hasbro presentation report to indicate that there will be. Of course this could change at any time. It's just disappointing. I thought for sure we would get a 3.75 line.

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Me too. But then, nothing was ever set in stone and if Hasbro's been gun shy about parts of the Star Wars merchandising universe that they know will make them money and cutting back then I'm really not surprised they took a look at Trek and said: "It won't sell as well, so why take the risk."

Still, I'd have loved to see what Hasbro's sculptors could have done with Chris Pine and Benedict Cumberbatch. It might have been epic.